The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - We Estimate the Governor Solved an $18   Billion Budget Problem. We estimate the Governor ’s budget addressed an $18  billion budget problem. This is somewhat lower than the $22  billion budget problem the administration has referenced.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

Recent Congressional Action on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Jan 23, 2018 - Specifically, for the last half of 2017 ‑18 and all of 2018 ‑19, the state will pay 12  percent of program costs, rather than the 35  percent assumed in the Governor ’s budget. The administration estimates that these actions reduce estimated General Fund Medi-Cal costs by about $300  million in 2017 ‑18 and about $600  million in 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3734

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 16, 2017 - The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals [Publication Details] The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals Format: HTML Description: In this report, we analyze the Governor’s child care and preschool proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3618

The 2020-21 Budget: CalWORKs Child Care Outlook

Nov 21, 2019 - In 2017 ‑18, State Made Three Changes That Notably Affected Stages 2 and 3. The first change was to allow families to continue receiving child care if their income is at or below 85  percent of the SMI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4115

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Child Care and Preschool)

Jun 19, 2015 - The budget provides $18 million to increase license-exempt rates from 60 percent to 65 percent of the regional market rate for family child care home providers starting October 1, 2015. License-exempt providers are family, friends, and neighbors who provide child care to children in the CalWORKs and Alternative Payment programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3276

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals

Mar 16, 2017 - The intent is for the state to submit a revised expenditure plan to the federal government upon enacting the 2017 ‑18 Budget Act . Revised Plan Shifts Some Funding to New Infant and Toddler QRIS Block Grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3618

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - This represents an increase of $1. 7  b illion from the 2019 ‑ 20 e nacted reserve level of $18. 8  b illion. Total reserves has three components: $18   Billion in the BSA. Under the Governor ’s estimates and the constitutional rules of Proposition  2, the state is required to make a nearly $ 2  b illion deposit into its constitutional reserve, the BSA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - As we noted in a previous brief , the Governor’s budget addresses an $18 billion budget problem through spending‑related budget solutions, including reductions, delays, and trigger restorations. The Governor’s proposal to delay the slot expansion plan by not adding additional child care slots in 2023‑24 would save $134 million General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals

Feb 24, 2016 - The SRR defines infants as birth through 18 months and toddlers as 18 months through 36 months. The toddler rate is $13,403 for full –time care. c Represents the SRR preschool rate. The SRR defines preschool –aged children as children age 3 up to kindergarten.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3367

COVID-19: Federal and State Actions Affecting K-12 Education and Child Care

May 14, 2020 - Prior to COVID-19, the state required direct contract programs to have one staff member present for every three infant-aged children, but specified that one teacher must be pr esent for every 18  infant-aged children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231